I just found out I do not have to work tomorrow! The bad news is that I will not be able to write again to next Monday. I will make sure I right some really good chapters when I return. Have a Merry Christmas!

Hold Me Now

9:00am

Roe pulled up next to the police cars that were surrounding the building with House in it. "There's Cameron," Wilson said as he pointed to her sitting next to Wentworth. All four of them undid their seatbelts and get out of the car. Roe then turned to talk to them.

"You guys need to make sure that you stay behind the police tape, okay?" He said. They all nodded.

Cameron looked up when she saw Wentworth nod at someone.

When she saw Cuddy, she got up from where she was sitting and walked over to her. Cameron threw her arms around Cuddy.

"He will be okay," Cameron said to her. Cuddy didn't speak because she knew that if she did, the tears would start to fall.

Roe went over to talk to Wentworth. "Are you okay?" Wilson asked Cameron.

Cameron pulled from her embrace with Cuddy but kept her left arm around Cuddy.

"I'm fine. I managed to escape unharmed." Wilson gave her a warm smile to tell her that he was glad that she was okay.

"Has anything new happened?" Chase asked. "Is House still alright?" Cuddy could tell something was wrong from the way that Cameron quickly looked at her and then looked at the ground.

"Please tell me," Cuddy said to her. Cameron looked back up at her. She could see the tears forming in Cuddy's eyes.

"We don't know exactly what caused the injury, but we know that House is bleeding because they sent in a camera with the pizza box," Cameron said.

Cuddy couldn't say anything. "How bad did it look?" Wilson asked for her. A few tears ran down Cuddy's face.

"He has loss some blood, but he seems to be awake and alert, so I do not think it is that bad." Cameron looked back at Cuddy. "This should all be over soon."

"Why don't you sit down?" Chase said to Cuddy, afraid that she might pass out.

Cameron helped Cuddy sit down on the curb. She then sat down to the left of her.

Wilson sat down on Cuddy's right. Chase sat down next to Cameron.

They all watched all the police running around. They saw a police man run up to Wentworth and Roe.

He handed the officers a piece of paper and then he walked away.

Roe walked over to them.

"You must be Dr. Cameron," Roe said as he stuck out his hand. Cameron took his hand and shook it.

"Did you guys get some news?" Wilson asked pointing to the piece of paper in Roe's hand. Roe nodded his head.

"The man that took House is named Jack Reed," Roe said. "He has a clean record except for a few parking tickets."

"What about the other guy?" Cameron asked. "I think his name is Brandon."

"His name is Brandon Thomas and he has been arrested before for robbery and assault."

"Is he the one that hurt House?" Wilson asked.

"He is not in there with him," Cameron answered.

"That is a good thing too because he seems like he is a loose cannon," Roe said.

"Roe!" Wentworth called.

Roe excused himself and went back over to Wentworth. "From everything that they told me, Jack does not seem like a very smart guy," Cameron said.

"You don't have to be smart when you have a gun," Cuddy said.

Cameron knew that Jack had planned on killing House, but she made sure not to tell Cuddy this.

"You know when I was in there with him, he spent a lot of his time talking about you," Cameron said trying to change the subject to something better.

Cuddy smiled at Cameron. House and Cuddy hadn't told anyone that they told each other that they loved each other. She could tell by the look in Cameron's eye that she now knew how House felt for her. Cuddy was happy to see that Cameron actually seemed happy for her.

"You know at the hospital after you two went missing, people thought you and House went somewhere together because Brenda saw you two holding hands," Cuddy said.

"Apparently they thought that if you and House were going to have a secret sex affair, you would hide it from us by walking around holding each other's hands," Wilson said with a laugh.

"Yes, because no one would find that suspicious," Cameron said. "I can barely get House to open a door for me." They all laughed a little.

"He may be kind of jerky to you guys, but he is very loyal to you and would never let anything happen to you," Cuddy said. "He cares in his own way for you guys." All four of them looked up when they heard Wentworth's phone ring.

"What's up Jack?" Wentworth asked. They couldn't tell what Jack was saying, but they could hear him yelling in the phone.

"Why did you shut the power off?" Jack said to Wentworth over the phone.

"We will turn it back on if we can see Dr. House," Wentworth said.

"I told you no. If you do not turn it back on, I will kill him," Jack said.

"If you kill him, I will send my people in there after you," Wentworth said.

The four doctors on the curb watched intently at what Wentworth was saying over the phone.

"I want the power back on!" Jack continued to yell.

"I told you the terms of you getting the power back," Wentworth said. "We need to make sure that he is alright."

"I don't have to do anything!" Jack said. "If I do not get the power back soon, I will hurt him, got it?" Wentworth hung up the phone on him.

It was time to start playing tough with Jack.

"That jackass hung up on me!" Jack said as he called Wentworth back.

Wentworth answered his phone again. "We are not going to negotiate without you if you keep threatening Dr. House. Now I told you the terms, you either do it or you don't." Wentworth hung up the phone again. Cuddy just hoped that Wentworth knew what he was doing.